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Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time S Gap To 1st ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. David Coulthard GB Williams-Renault 1:20.537 2 2. Damon Hill ...

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Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time S Gap To 1st ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. David Coulthard GB Williams-Renault 1:20.537 2 2. Damon Hill GB Williams-Renault 1:20.905 2 0.368 0.368 3. Michael Schumacher D Benetton-Renault 1:21.301 2 0.396 0.764 4. Gerhard Berger A Ferrari 1:21.970 2 0.669 1.433 5. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Sauber-Ford 1:22.226 2 0.256 1.689 6. Johnny Herbert GB Benetton-Renault 1:22.322 2 0.096 1.785 7. Jean Alesi F Ferrari 1:22.391 2 0.069 1.854 8. Rubens Barrichello BR Jordan-Peugeot 1:22.538 2 0.147 2.001 9. Martin Brundle GB Ligier-Mugen 1:22.588 2 0.050 2.051 10. Eddie Irvine GB Jordan-Peugeot 1:22.831 2 0.243 2.294 11. Olivier Panis F Ligier-Mugen 1:22.904 2 0.073 2.367 12. Mark Blundell GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.914 2 0.010 2.377 13. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.064 1 0.150 2.527 14. J.-C. Boullion F Sauber-Ford 1:23.934 2 0.870 3.397 15. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:23.936 2 0.002 3.399 16. Ukyo Katayama J Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:24.287 2 0.351 3.750 17. Pedro Lamy P Minardi-Ford 1:24.657 2 0.370 4.120 18. Luca Badoer I Minardi-Ford 1:24.778 2 0.121 4.241 19. Taki Inoue J Arrows-Hart 1:24.883 1 0.105 4.346 20. Massimiliano Papis I Arrows-Hart 1:25.179 2 0.296 4.642 21. Andrea Montermini I Pacific-Ford 1:26.172 2 0.993 5.635 22. Pedro Diniz BR Forti Corse-Ford 1:27.292 2 1.120 6.755 23. Roberto Moreno BR Forti Corse-Ford 1:27.523 2 0.231 6.986 24. Jean-Denis Deletraz CH Pacific-Ford 1:32.769 2 5.246 12.232

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